Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua: Gypsy King spends his Sunday drinking whiskey

Tyson Fury has poured further doubt on his Battle of Britain with Anthony Joshua after spending a day drinking whiskey while suffering from the ‘Sunday blues’.

The WBC heavyweight champion, who has made no secret of his battle with mental health issues, took to social media to share an image of himself grinning while holding a half-full bottle of the spirit, and another picture of a full glass.

Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, claimed last week that an official announcement on the £200million showdown was just ‘days away’, but Fury’s latest post again raises concerns over the two fights pencilled in for this year.

Tyson Fury poses with a bottle of whiskey as he continues to drink after giving up on training

Last week, the Gypsy King revealed he is on holiday drinking ‘up to 12 pints a day’ after becoming frustrated with delays and giving up on his training programme.

And on Sunday, Fury wrote ‘Whisky on my mind. Sunday blues’ alongside the photos of himself and the alcohol.

Speaking to iFLTV last week, Fury said: ‘I’ve stopped training now, I’m on holiday, I’m doing anywhere between, eight, 10, 12 pints of lager a day at the minute. Not eating though so I’m getting my calories through alcohol.

‘There’s nothing to do, is there? I’ve done training, training, training with no further process. It’s one of those things, at the minute I’m just chilling out, being a man of leisure in lockdown.’

About the complicated situation with fighting Joshua, he added: ‘Let’s break it down. Eddie Hearn is a boxing promoter. So is Bob Arum. It’s their job to sell a fight. Joshua is saying what he’s saying, I’m not on social media at the moment at all. So whatever they are saying is very unimportant to me.

‘Until I’ve got a fight, a date and hell of a lot of money in my pocket, there is no fight. There’s a lot of things going on that people don’t know about behind the scenes that can scupper a fight like that.

‘So nothing is actually on until you are in the ring. So yeah, we are nowhere near that at the moment.

‘I can’t do nothing, it’s out of my hands. It is nothing to do with me at all. I’m just a boxer. There’s a lot of things like I say behind the scenes that can alter a fight.

‘Do I think I’m going to be fighting Anthony Joshua in the next 10 minutes? No. Do I think the fight with Joshua will eventually happen sooner or later? Yes. It has to happen. But do I think it’s imminent, right next minute? No I don’t.’

More to follow.